Publication - Research and analysis
Scottish Social Attitudes 2019: technical report
This technical annex covers the methodological details of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2019.
Part of
5. Response rates
The Scottish Social Attitudes survey involves a face-to-face interview with respondents and a self-completion section (completed using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing). Table 1 (below) summarises the response rate and the numbers completing each stage of SSA 2019.
| No. | % of total eligible sample | |
|---|---|---|
| Addresses issued | 2790 | |
| Vacant, derelict and other out of scope[3] | 295 | 11 |
| Achievable or 'in scope' | 2495 | |
| Unknown eligibility[4] | 49 | 1 |
| Interview achieved | 1022 | 41 |
| Self-completion completed | 958 | 38 |
| Interview not achieved | ||
| Refusal[5] | 1008 | 40 |
| Non-contact[6] | 187 | 7 |
| Other unproductive[7] | 229 | 9 |
Table 2 below shows the achieved sample size for the full SSA sample (all respondents) for all previous years.
| Survey year | Achieved sample size |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1482 |
| 2000 | 1663 |
| 2001 | 1605 |
| 2002 | 1665 |
| 2003 | 1508 |
| 2004 | 1637 |
| 2005 | 1549 |
| 2006 | 1594 |
| 2007 | 1508 |
| 2009 | 1482 |
| 2010 | 1495 |
| 2011 | 1197 |
| 2012 | 1229 |
| 2013 | 1497 |
| 2014 | 1501 |
| 2015 | 1288 |
| 2016 | 1237 |
| 2017 | 1234 |
| 2019 | 1022 |
Contact
Email: Social_Research@gov.scot